Appletiser - the Champagne of Fruit Juices - Brings Its Purity, Elegance and Sparkle to Seattle to Lead US Launch

Appletiser, "the Champagne of Fruit Juices" and one of the world's top 300 brands, is leading its US launch in Seattle, and is now available at area QFC and Larry's Markets stores, at the W Hotel and upscale restaurants and drinking establishments.

A 100 percent pure, lightly carbonated apple juice with no preservatives, Appletiser has a grand total of three ingredients: concentrated apple juice, water and carbon dioxide, to lift the natural apple sparkle, with pasteurization part of the production process.

Created in South Africa in 1966, Appletiser is now available in more than 30 countries, including South Africa, Japan, Spain, Greece, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It was recently recognized as one of the world's top 300 brands by the prestigious MacMillan Interbrand Survey.

"Appletiser is a unique product that we think will be highly successful in the US market, and we are happy to be one of the first to offer it," Mark Jensen, partner of LeJend Consulting, broker for the brand said. "Everything about it plays to the 'champagne' theme -- the purity of the ingredients and the product, the exceptional taste, the global recognition it's received and the elegant emerald and platinum packaging."

Shannon Polito, partner of the Kirkland-based broker says the overall taste and identity appeals to women with a healthy lifestyle and meets a growing need among the US consumers for a higher quality sparkling juice brand that has a premium cachet. "The Northwest knows quality, elegance and the value of a healthy lifestyle, and we think Appletiser is a great fit with Seattle and the Northwest."

Several apple varieties are blended in a patented process to create Appletiser's flavor, aroma and golden champagne-like appearance. Each emerald- colored bottle with a distinctive platinum label contains 9.2 oz. (250ml) of Appletiser, and six-packs retail for $8.99.

Appletiser, founded in 1966, is an international premium beverage company, whose dedication to the development, manufacturing and marketing of high quality, 100 percent pure sparkling fruit juices has made it a world leader in its field. The company is a truly global, network-based organization with offices in the Netherlands, its South African office in Johannesburg and its main production and R&D facilities in the fruit growing district of Elgin, in the mountains around Cape Town.

Additional information from All About Apples:
An interesting apple beverage, blended from six different apple varieties, is now available in the U.S. To find out more about the company and the product, visit their website at www.appletiser.net. If any of our readers in the Seattle area try out this new product, we'd love to hear from you.